Mauritius: flag, capital & map
Get to know Mauritius, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Port Louis
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Eastern Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 1,243,741
- Area
- 2,040 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English, French, Mauritian Creole
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Mauritian Rupee (MUR)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
Mauritius is a country in Eastern Africa. Its capital is Port Louis.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Mauritius
The flag of Mauritius is composed of four equal horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow and green.
Where it is
Mauritius is grouped in Eastern Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Mauritius has a recorded area of 2,040 square kilometres. Among the 16 countries assigned to Eastern Africa in this dataset, it ranks 14 by area, from largest to smallest. Djibouti is immediately above it in that ordering, at 23,200 km². Comoros is immediately below it, at 1,862 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 1,243,741 people for Mauritius in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 610 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English, French, and Mauritian Creole. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Mauritian Rupee (MUR). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Mauritius?
Reveal answer
Port Louis. Mauritius is a country in Eastern Africa. Its capital is Port Louis.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Mauritius?
Reveal answer
The flag of Mauritius is composed of four equal horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow and green.
Which land neighbours of Mauritius are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Mauritius. It is grouped in Eastern Africa, within Roam’s Africa region.
Which languages does the source list for Mauritius?
Reveal answer
English, French, and Mauritian Creole. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Mauritius.
Which currency codes are listed for Mauritius?
Reveal answer
Mauritian Rupee (MUR). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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